Curb, drain, and conduit.



' PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

R. T. HOOPBR.

CURB, DRAIN, 'AND GONDUIT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1.9, 1907.

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i To all inkom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT'T. HoorER, citizen of the .United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county, of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Curbs, lDrains, and Conduits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its'object a combination curb, drain and conduit, embodying the functions of all of these parts, the same being made from shale burned as brick, or of concrete or cement or any other desiredmaterial in sections of any predetermined length or in one continuous length, and of any de sired design, or ornamentation, and the/invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For alfull understanding of the'invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the .details of construction and of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description i anl accompanying drawings, in which:

`igure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a combined curb, drain and conduit constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear view of two sections of the structure; Figs. 3 and 4 are atop plan and a side elevation ofthe structure formed for a corner ,I

and, Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a modification. i

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the present instance, although my in` vention is not limited to such construction, my improved combined curb, drain and conduit lis constructed in, abutting sections l, each of which is provided with a series of openings 2 for telephone telegraph, electric light or trolley feed wires and for gas and water pipes, or for other purposes, the said openings 2 coinciding in the several abutting sections so as to produce continuous passages for the reception of the wires or pipes, or the like. Each section 1 consists of an integral structure formed of any desired material, as before noted, and provided with an upper drain or gutter surface 3 which preferably slopes in a rearward direction to produce the Patented .Tune 2, 1908.

proper drain effect, the said surface 3 mergmg u wardly and rthence outwardly in a grace reverse curve, into the curb portion 4 which is in a higher lane than the drain surface 3, as clearly ilustrated in F 1. The section 1 is providedin the front with a horizontally extending projection or vshoulder 5 to insure al perfect alinement of the paving Withpthe gutter, and the section is also formed in the rear with a similar, but higher shoulder 6 to insure a perfect alinement of the side-walk with the curb.

` In order to secure and maintain a perfect alinement ofthe several-sections of my improved combined curb, drain and conduit,

the respective sections are rovided both in front and in rear, with vpre erably two sets,

'upper and lower, of keyseats 7 and keys, and

the several sections are also preferabl located at the ends with upper and lower eys and key seats 8, as shown.

At predetermined intervals in the complete formation, and preferably at the rear of the employ curved sections such as that illustrated at 10 in Fig. 3, such section may be made in one or more ieces with a long narrow opening or manole to the sewer, with a reinforcement at the back, as shown, with a slot to hold the grate 11 at the back, there being Vno break necessary on the top of the curb,

but only at the joints,which will be preferably filled with cement.

1f desired, each section may be formed of a series of superposed sub-sections or strata held one upon the other as against lateral zdisplacement, by means of longitudinally extending tongues and grooves 12.

u Having thus described the invention, what' isclaimed as new is:

The herein described combined curb, drain vand conduit, provided with longitudinally extending o enings for the reception of wires, pipes and tfi'e like, and formed with a rearwardly sloping'upper surface `constituting a drain orgutter and with a curb portion eX- tending along the upper surface at the rear side thereof and in a higher plane than the said drain surface and also formed at its -front With a horizontallyextending 1 1 Wardly In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 'facing houlfr, 13ndl at it''x relai* Wit a (1:101- vin'presence of two Witnesses. resoninsou erinai er anetan thfirst nmed shoulder", saigd twg) shoulders ROBERT HOOBER .[L S'] 5 being designed to insure a perfect alinement Y Witnesses:

` of the struoture with the street and side-l W. P. BARNUM, Walk pairings. v EMIL J. ANDERSON. 

